Syazwan Shuk

  The article “Parliament: Singapore looks to create Newoil by transforming waste plastic into alternative fuel” by Liu (2020), illustrates Singapore’s current and future recycling plans. Currently, the ‘Deposit Refund Scheme’ is one way to encourage citizens to recycle. Citizens that recycle get incentivized with money in return. Liu (2020) mentions Newsand, which is another effort to curb and reduce landfill waste, accomplished by incinerating waste to produce useful construction materials. The promising project prompted the National Environment Agency (NEA) to build a commercial-scale facility to maximize its efficiency. As part of an effort to reduce food waste, Liu (2020) also mentions that by 2024 large food and beverage establishments will be required to separate their food waste for treatment as part of the 'Resource Sustainability Act'. It states that the government pushes large companies to reduce their plastic waste as they are required to record their packaging data...

The article “Parliament: Singapore looks to create Newoil by transforming waste plastic into alternative fuel” by Liu (2020), illustrates Singapore’s current and future recycling plans.   Currently, the ‘Deposit Refund Scheme’ is one way to encourage citizens to recycle. Citizens that recycle get incentivized with money in return.     Liu also mentions Newsand, which is another effort to curb and reduce landfill waste, accomplished by incinerating waste to produce useful construction materials. The promising project prompted NEA to build a commercial-scale facility to maximize its efficiency. It also mentions that by 2024 the 'Resource Sustainability Act' will require large food and beverage establishments to separate their food waste for treatment. To help curb the amounts of food waste generated. It states that the government pushes large companies to reduce their plastic waste, they are required to record their packaging data and submit it to the NEA for vett...

  The article “Parliament: Singapore looks to create Newoil by transforming waste plastic into alternative fuel” by Liu (2020), illustrates Singapore’s current and future recycling plans.  Currently, the ‘Deposit Refund Scheme’ is one way to encourage citizens to recycle. Citizens that recycle get incentivized with money in return.  Liu also mentions Newsand, which is another effort to curb and reduce landfill waste, accomplished by incinerating waste to produce useful construction materials. The promising project prompted NEA to build a commercial-scale facility to maximize its efficiency. It also mentions that by 2024 the 'Resource Sustainability Act' will require large food and beverage establishments to separate their food waste for treatment. To help curb the amounts of food waste generated. It states that the government pushes large companies to reduce their plastic waste, they are required to record their packaging data and submit it to the NEA for vetting. As a re...